Eswatini

E16080

landlocked country monarchy sovereign state

Eswatini is a small landlocked monarchy in Southern Africa known for its blend of traditional Swazi culture and modern institutions.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country → monarchy → sovereign state →
AfricanUnionMember	true →
area	about 17364 square kilometres →
borderCountry	Mozambique → South Africa →
callingCode	+268 →
capital	Mbabane →
climate	subtropical →
CommonwealthOfNationsMember	true →
continent	Africa →
conventionalLongName	Kingdom of Eswatini →
currency	Lilangeni → South African rand →
demonym	Swazi →
drivesOn	left →
drivingSide	left →
electricityStandard	230 V, 50 Hz →
formerName	Swaziland →
governmentType	absolute monarchy →
headOfGovernment	Mswati III →
headOfState	Mswati III →
independenceDate	1968-09-06 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.sz →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	SZ →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	SWZ →
judicialCapital	Lobamba →
landlocked	true →
legalSystem	mixed legal system of civil law, common law and customary law →
legislativeCapital	Lobamba →
majorRiver	Great Usutu River →
monarchSince	Mswati III, 1986 →
nationalDay	6 September →
nationalSport	football →
officialLanguage	English → Swazi →
populationEstimate	approximately 1.2 million →
populationEstimateYear	2023 →
primaryEthnicGroup	Swazi people →
region	Southern Africa →
religionMajority	Christianity →
seatOfGovernment	Mbabane →
timeZone	UTC+2 →
titleOfHeadOfGovernment	King →
titleOfHeadOfState	King →
UNMemberState	true →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kalahari Basin → Tsonga → University of Swaziland →	country
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
CEN-SAD → Common Monetary Area → Southern African Development Community →	memberState
Anglican Church of Southern Africa → Synod of Bishops (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) → University of Swaziland →	regionServed
Nguni languages → Southern Bantu → Swati →	spokenIn
Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages →	areSpokenIn
KwaZulu-Natal → South Africa →	bordersCountry
Central European Summer Time → South African rand →	usedIn
Zulu →	alsoSpokenIn
Roman-Dutch law →	appliedIn
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ("Swaziland") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Mozambique →	borderCountry
Transvaal ("Swaziland") →	borderedBy
Mpumalanga →	borders
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Eswatini ("Kingdom of Eswatini") →	conventionalLongName
ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa →	countryServed
Eswatini ("Swaziland") →	formerName
University of Swaziland ("Government of Eswatini") →	governedBy
Southern Africa →	hasCountry
Southern Bantu ("Swazi") →	hasMemberLanguage
Commonwealth of Nations →	hasMemberState
University of Swaziland →	locatedIn
Lesotho loti →	monetaryUnionPartner
Swati →	officialLanguageOf
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Mswati III ("Ngwenyama of Eswatini") →	positionHeld
Swati →	primaryCountry
Tsonga →	recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Port of Maputo →	servesCountry
Reed Hastings ("Swaziland") →	workedIn